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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1955
Page
5
Mirror producers face shortages as glass shipments run hand to mouth. High demand from auto and home building sectors has forced glass suppliers to allot limited supplies, delaying shipments or sending case pieces without mirrors. Industry officials expect little relief until the spring auto rush subsides.
The Schoonbeck Co. will build a brick 32 700 square foot facility on three acres near Ward Street and W Green Street in High Point. The project, costing over 100000, will consolidate from temporary quarters and expand the local payroll, with Younts Co. of High Point as contractor. The plant will be near PF W Upholstering and Carolina Farnsworth and aims to strengthen the firm’s Grand Rapids parent operations.
The Cotton Belt producers from across the southern United States will gather in Charlotte for a three day tour of cotton mills hosted by the American Cotton Manufacturers Institute. Attendees will observe mill operations and discuss competition from semi synthetic fibers like rayon and acetate as textile diversification expands across the region.
The article notes bleak forecasts for Soviet workers with a 1955 budget around 305 rubles per person and implied lower living standards. It highlights bond schemes, planned investments, and a shift in consumption, arguing that despite higher defense and industry aims, consumer goods remain scarce and wages stretched. The piece also critiques bond redemption and long-term costs to workers amid broader economic tightening.
Dr Eugene Kerfoot Ritter was appointed director of Georgia Techs $1,000,000 electronic computer center under construction. He studied at Richmond and Virginia, taught mathematics at The Citadel and the University of Richmond, and is a Blackstone Virginia native. He is the son of the late Georgia Kerfoot Laws Ritter who once taught at Shorter College Georgia.
Area fabric buyers foresee higher prices due to rising rayon yarn costs while many expect no immediate change. Interest centers on new Sylmar finishes showcased in Grand for January, with regular 14 inch wide fabrics posing cutting room challenges amid steady demand for covers and nylon finishes.
Realty transfers list multiple deed actions including John F White to H H and C 2 a White lot adjacent Py te land Ken tucky Avenue A F Hunt and wife to B D Joyce Ridge to M C Pierce Blair State D Fowler and wife to G A coma Bridges in Ween Os call Wile to Taylor and wife Emewood Hills J C Jones and wife Oakdale Mills Inc to A a and wife Oakdale Pennyterns lands transfer from H Robertson to Bill Hylton Inc indicates property parcels in Jamestown Township Oakdale Cotton Mills Inc to A a and wife lot of Oakdale and other parcels in list.
Geneva reports Australia has admitted about 70 000 migrants from Europe over the past three years with help from the ICGME. The United States ranks third with around 52 164 arrivals.
Puzzles about stain removal are addressed with spray cleaners and warm iron use. The guidance notes to press on wool setting and warns that steam can shrink and mat felt.
G. T. Maynard Jr. named district manager replacing J. C. Fanning. Fanning becomes national sales training director and moves to Racine Wisconsin. Maynard transfers from Maryland District of Columbia area to Johnson's Wax office at 815 Ward St. The district covers North and South Carolina and Virginia.
Police spoke with a vendor at a public area after a dispute over playing the tune Little Brown Jug. The vendor agreed to lower the volume following community complaints and a request from local authorities.
Fragmented OCR text lists various companies and finance related rates and terms such as Ameraretia Marietta Anvil Brand Auto Finance 16 percent and other percent figures with scattered corporate names and references to seating and plastics. The readable content is incomplete and lacks coherent events or actions.
Jones & Peacock will relocate to 118 Oakwood Court today. The firm has occupied its former site since 1938 and says the move provides more space as the new offices sit across from Oakwood Court apartments.
Fragmentary line explores a hypothetical horizon of vehicles stretching from Manhattan to an unspecified destination. The text hints at a large-scale transport idea but provides no concrete places, dates, or entities beyond the core city reference.
Ross Farlow of Pilot Life Insurance rises to Sales Manager overseeing West Virginia Kentucky and Pennsylvania. He has served with the firm five years and the Farlow family will relocate to Charleston West Virginia next Tuesday.
United States Plywood reports nine month net income of 5,097,100 with estimated income taxes of 4,255,200, up from 3,850,500 net profit after 2,715,500 taxes in the prior year. The company issued common stock and cumulative voting stock in January 1955 and included earnings from U.S. Mengel Plywoods in its results.
A professor argues fear of Russia curbs study and learning. He warns progress hinges on knowledge rather than avoidance and stresses openness to foreign insight.
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